Participation, Hybridity, and Carnival: A Situated Analysis of a Dynamic Literacy Practice in a Primary-Grade English Immersion Class. Patrick Manyak.
One-Sentence Summary: First-grade students worked together to write about their lives in "The Daily News," a practice for collaborative learning of writing and of English.
Key Quote: "Unlike classroom literacy practices that focus on drill and practice of decontextualized skills, practices that predominate in the instruction of ESL learners, the Daily News involved shared engagement in the creation of a document that had an ongoing and highly visible presence in the life of the class."
Point to Remember: Cultivate an environment of empowerment of students where they not only work together, and learn from each other, but also have fun, thereby creating a learning community within the school.
One-Sentence Summary: First-grade students worked together to write about their lives in "The Daily News," a practice for collaborative learning of writing and of English.
Key Quote: "Unlike classroom literacy practices that focus on drill and practice of decontextualized skills, practices that predominate in the instruction of ESL learners, the Daily News involved shared engagement in the creation of a document that had an ongoing and highly visible presence in the life of the class."
Point to Remember: Cultivate an environment of empowerment of students where they not only work together, and learn from each other, but also have fun, thereby creating a learning community within the school.
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